Pretty specific use case, but if there was anyone looking into using a 1440p Monitor with your Nintendo Switch, this one I purchased seems to work pretty well with it.
Why 1440p? For me it’s because that’s the resolution I wanted for my gaming PC, but I also like playing my switch docked a lot at my desk. And if I want to bring my PS5 to my desk I can do that too. I couldn’t find too much out there on this resolution monitor with the Switch, so I decided to give it a shot.
The monitor I purchased was the MSI Optix MPG321QRF-QD. A lot of MSI monitors have what’s called “console mode” which they mention the Xbox Series and PS5 primarily for this feature, but they implemented it to properly downscale those systems to 1080p for when they didn’t support 1440p via the HDMI 2.0 input.
I got the monitor in yesterday and set it up, and first tested it out with my Switch. I played Tears of the Kingdom for a few hours on it yesterday and like I said so far it seems to work pretty well.
If this didn’t work out I was going to consider getting the mClassic, but I don’t think I’ll need it.
Take care everyone!
by jcruz827
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I just plug my switch into my 1440p monitor, and it just works.
However, it looks way better on my 1080p TV.
My problem though is that I can’t use my Astro A40s to work well with the Switch. The Astros use an optical cable. The only thing I can do is route a 3.5mm jack to the mixamp, and I lose a ton of audio quality.
Would love to play Switch at my monitor without picture degradation or sound quality loss, but I don’t think there’s a work-around.
i thought switch can only do 1080p?
1080p or 1440p there is not difference in Switch
My 1440p for my gaming rig has been taken over by my switch purely because of totk
I use mine with a 1440p monitor and it looks great. For certain games, where I know the internal rendering resolution is only 720p, I would set the switch to 720p output and it looks even better.